.the louisville cardinal
vol. xxx, no. 13
Student-loan
wait to end
in 2 weeks
By DIANNE APRILE
Cardinal Staff Writer
A revitalized Guaranteed Student
Loan Program, recently established by
federal legislation and approved by the
Kentucky Higher Education Assistante
Authority, will enable many students at
the University of Louisville to receive
their delayed first-semester loans within
two weeks.
Student loans during the past two years
have been allocated through United Stu­dents
Aid Funds (USAF) of Indianapolis,
a private, nonprofit organization.
Under that program, both federal and
state governments contributed money to
insure the loans, which are made by com­mercial
leanding institutions. USAF ad­ministered
the program, providing the
liason between the students, schools, lend­ing
institutions, state and federal agencies.
Federal legislation
Delay occurred in August as a result of
Congressional legislation which cut off the
federal portion of the funds. A new fed­eral
loan plan was then passed, after re­peated
delays, which offered states five
times the lending power, but required
more stringent control-something which
many states (including Kentucky) weren't
readily anxious to do.
In an attempt to save the situation for
Kentucky students whose educations were
riding on the loans, Gov. Louie B. Nunn
transferred $50,000 from the contingency
fund. Eventually, these funds ran out,
and the state Higher Education ~ssistance
Authority voted to join the new program
Dec. 10.
As a result Kentucky students will re­ceive
$1,600,0,00 in loans, some of which
have been pending since August. Fe~eral
government credit-rather than a pnvate
reserve fund-will guarantee the student
loans under the new plan. '
"Well over a hundred of our students
have been affected by the delay in first­semester
funds," said Gilbert B. Tanner,
UL Financial Aid Director.
"There is very little structural differ­ence
between the two progrruns," Tanner
said. .
Application procedure for the students
is not expected to change. However, under
the Education Act of 1968 interest rates
were raised to seven per cent for all
borrowers. Loan payments do not begin
until 12 months after the student leaves
school.
When asked how permanent the new
guaranteed-loan plan w~uld be, Tann~r
said that "it is uncertam whether thts
commjtment will continue next year ~r
not." Tanner indicated that Kentucky u:u­versities
would continue contracts w1th
the USAF.
In reference to the difficulties en­countered
by freshmen and sophomores
(Continued p. 8, col. 1)
university of louisville, louisville, kentucky 40208
Lapping
it up
Free University
-Photo by John
Wayne Ross of Nu Sigma Chi won the
lapsitting contest during half-tim-e at Satur­day
r.,ight's game. Although Dayton was
upset, Ross seemed to do all 'right as he
supported 12 young ladies, only two short
of the national record.
set here for spring
december 19, 1968
Med students
plan changes
·in curriculum
By PAUL BERGNER
Cardinal Staff Writer
Eight Unjversity of Louisville medical
students presented suggestions to their
faculty this week on freshman curriculum
improvements.
"The faculty wanted some student
opinion on the curriculum," explained
Dixie Snyder, chairman of the eight­member
student committee.
The dean of the Medical School ap­pointed
the students, who presented final
proposals to the faculty Curriculum Com­mittee
for consideration last Tuesday.
This committee's next meeting is on
Dec. 27, at which time it will "at least
begin to accept or reject the different
proposals," according to Snyder. "These
considerations will probably take some
time," he said.
To obtain the opinions of the students,
the group passed out questionnaires on
views of the curriculum and suggestions
for improvement.
They then drew up a tentative report
which was discussed at an open meeting.
The final proposals emerged from this
meeting.
"The problem with the curriculum,"
said Snyder, "is the lack of correlation
between basic science courses and clinical
courses." The students take their basic
science mostly in the first two years, with
clinical work following.
The pro b 1 em is that it is diffi­cult
to relate the theoretical courses to
the practical ones with trus separation
present.
The student proposals attack this prob­lem
directly. "The general theme of the
proposals is to get the clinical faculty
more involved in basic science, and vice­versa,"
said Snyder.
One of the recommendations, for in­stance,
is that a basic science teacher be
present at clinical conferences, and pre­sent
his view of the problem.
In this way, both he and the clinical
teachers would see each other's view of
the problem. They would not necessarily
learn anything that they did not know
before, but would see problems from
several angles, and could present a
unifjed view to the students.
Students to teach own classes
By RANNIE BLEDSOE
Cardinal Staff Writer
Last Tuesday an organization meeting
was held for the Free University which
will be established on the University of
Louisville campus next semester.
The meeting included members of the
faculties of Bellarmine-Ursuline College
and UL, and several UL students who are
behind the creation of the Free Univer­sity.
Several faculty members agreed to
help wjth the program as advisors and
lecturers.
Kelly stressed that by creative he meant
mqre than talent in a field such as art
or music. "Creative people are people
who can function in the society and make
it viable," he said.
Hong Kong flu ruins yule; worst to come The idea for the Free University was
created by two 'UL students, Harold
Kleinert (A&S '69) and Mike Kelly (A&S
'70). They actually began the program at
the start of this semester with the Tol­stoy
seminars and the Student Lecture
Series and have expanded it to the Free
University, consisting of eight to ten pro­grams,
to be begun in the spring.
"I feel that the University of Louisville
should be creative and fluctuant enough
to begin this kind of course," Kelly added.
"Very few colleges and universities in the
U.S. do this. But that's no excuse." He
also expressed hope that UL would pick
the idea of a free university and continue
The spreading epidemic of Hong Kong it itself.
flu has begun to reach the UL campus,
but indications are that the worst is yet
to come.
As of Tuesday, the National Communi-cable
Disease Center in Atlanta had.identi­fied
the virulent Hong Kong vanety of
influenza in 16 states, the District of Co­lumbia,
and Puerto Rico.
Large institutions across the country
have been closed down by the bug.
Dr. Carroll Luhr Jr. of ,the UL Student
Health Service indicates that flu cases are
running ahead of expectations, "and we
expect the worst in January."
The Hong Kong variety cannot be dis­tinguished
from other flu types except
by laboratory tests. "I have seen several
cases that look like the Hong Kong type,"
Luhr said. He theorized that these cases
were from students who had recently
visited in New York or California where
the disease is prevalent.
Luhr said the number of people he had
seen at the Student Health Service with
the Asian types of flu had been increas­ing
in the last two weeks. "We now see
about 10 to 12 new cases each day."
Kelly said that tpe Free University was
created because "things are not offered
(by UL) and should be offered, or are
offered, and the students are not satisfied.
This will be a much freer, non-oppressive
atmosphere in which students can
creatively learn and think."
"Student treatment by professors is
not creative," Kelly said. "I cease to be
concerned with promises and hopes that
the university (UL) will take these steps,
for that leads only to disillusionment.
It's a first step to something larger, to a
philosophy of creative education as op­posed
to technological instruction.
"Students should receive an education
that they continue throughout life, realiz­ing
their role as intelligent, aware peo­(
Continued p. 8, col. 2)